Dr. Karen Ladley
Senior Associate Director, RCJF and Media at The Carter Center
Dr. Karen Ladley is the Senior Associate Director for the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism and the Parity Newsroom Collaborative at The Carter Center. Dr. Ladley dedicated much of her early career to broadcast journalism as a news anchor, reporter, and producer at television stations in Wilmington, North Carolina, Savannah, Georgia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before transitioning to academia as an administrator. She served as a dean overseeing developmental education, student support services, and student access. Dr. Ladley earned her master's degree in higher education administration from UNC Wilmington and her doctorate in transformative education from Kutztown University.
